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Integrate friendly tips from Tor colleagues to make (or not) 4.5 alpha 3;
This includes removal of overloaded (but unused) methods, and addition of
a overlooked call to DataStruct::SetData(nsISupports, uint32_t, bool.)

     1 /* -*- Mode: C++; tab-width: 2; indent-tabs-mode: nil; c-basic-offset: 2 -*- */

     2 /* This Source Code Form is subject to the terms of the Mozilla Public

     3  * License, v. 2.0. If a copy of the MPL was not distributed with this

     4  * file, You can obtain one at http://mozilla.org/MPL/2.0/. */

     6 #include "nsISupports.idl"

     8 interface nsIRunnable;

    10 /**

    11  * This service allows access to the current thread's Chromium MessageLoop

    12  * instance, with some extra sugar added.  If you're calling from C++, it may

    13  * or may not make sense for you to use this interface.  If you're calling from

    14  * JS, you don't have a choice!

    15  *

    16  * Right now, you can only call PostIdleTask(), but nothing is stopping you

    17  * from adding other methods.

    18  *

    19  * nsIMessageLoop's contractid is "@mozilla.org/message-loop;1".

    20  */

    21 [scriptable, uuid(3E8C58E8-E52C-43E0-8E66-669CA788FF5F)]

    22 interface nsIMessageLoop : nsISupports

    23 {

    24   /**

    25    * Posts a task to be run when this thread's message loop is idle, or after

    26    * ensureRunsAfterMS milliseconds have elapsed.  (That is, the task is

    27    * guaranteed to run /eventually/.)

    28    *

    29    * Note that if the event loop is busy, we will hold a reference to the task

    30    * until ensureRunsAfterMS milliseconds have elapsed.  Be careful when

    31    * specifying long timeouts and tasks which hold references to windows or

    32    * other large objects, because you can leak memory in a difficult-to-detect

    33    * way!

    34    */

    35   void postIdleTask(in nsIRunnable task, in uint32_t ensureRunsAfterMS);

    36 };

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